Knowledge and agrarian de-collectivisation in Kazakhstan

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-377

  Toleubayev, Kazbek ^a   Jansen, Kees ^b   van Huis, Arnold ^b  

^a Research Institute for Plant Protection   (Kazakhstan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural labour process; Collective farming; De collectivisation; Kazakhstan; Knowledge loss; Nostalgia; Postsocialism; Social security

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; DECOLLECTIVIZATION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; POST-COMMUNISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL SECURITY;

KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 77949275052     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066151003595069     Document Type: Article

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